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Article: IEEE 1394 Bus Galvanic Isolation Issues.(proposed standard)(Technology Information)
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- Computer Technology Review
- Article date:
- September 1, 1999
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The IEEE 1394 serial bus standard is gaining significant support as the high-speed link of choice between the Personal Computer (PC) and Consumer Electronic (CE) worlds. This bus currently supports speeds of 100 to 400Mbit/sec and will allow future speeds up to 3.2Gbit/sec. The fact that it is plug-and-play and the bus architecture is peer to peer (does not require a "master" node) make adoption of the bus easy for both the manufacturer and the end user. However, without appropriate consideration given to grounding issues, designers risk delivering products that may be unreliable or may not work at all.
It is recommended by the IEEE 1394-1995 standard that all ...
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